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June 6, 2019

The IRS will not be accepting any type of 2017 tax return until January 29, 2018

The IRS will hold all 2017 tax returns that have a tax refund which includes EIC and/or the Additional Child Tax Credit until mid-February.  They will release the tax refunds in late February if there are no errors on the tax return.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4155246-when-can-i-use-my-federal-refund-to-pay-for-my-taxes

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Level 12
June 6, 2019

The IRS will not be accepting any type of 2017 tax return until January 29, 2018

The IRS will hold all 2017 tax returns that have a tax refund which includes EIC and/or the Additional Child Tax Credit until mid-February.  They will release the tax refunds in late February if there are no errors on the tax return.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4155246-when-can-i-use-my-federal-refund-to-pay-for-my-taxes

Alumni - Intuit
June 6, 2019

*Please note that the IRS is not accepting tax returns until January 29th. After you file and your return is accepted, it will go into a 'pending' status with the IRS until they begin accepting returns.*

Also, your state and federal forms are most likely not finalized.  Please see the state forms availability table below to see if all your State tax forms are finalized: 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3319879

Please see this link for when your Federal individual forms will be finalized: https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3319876